United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5102G)
EPA 542-F-96-002a
February 1997
AEPA Completed North American
Innovative Remediation Technology
Demonstration Projects
This report summarizes key information about more than 300 completed innovative remediation technology
demonstration projects. The information is presented in a manner that enables project managers and other interested
persons to easily identify the innovative technologies that may be appropriate for their particular site remediation
needs. The projects are organized according to the media treated and the type of treatment technology. The report
includes technical report numbers, as well as the address and telephone number of the technology vendor and the
sponsoring agency. An electronic version of the report is available free of charge on EPA's Cleanup Information
(CLU-IN) bulletin board. I
BACKGROUND
More than 300 government-sponsored innova-
tive technology field demonstration projects
have been completed in North America. Many of
the demonstration projects were performed,
sponsored, or funded through programs
developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the Armed Forces (Army, Navy,
and Air Force), the Department of Energy, the
California EPA, and the Canadian government.
The demonstration results from these programs
usually are scattered among numerous technical
reports that federal site ~ project managers,
consultants, educators and other professionals
responsible for waste remediation and corrective
action cleanup projects may find difficult to obtain.
The purpose of this report therefore is to
consolidate key information from innovative
remediation technology demonstration projects
into a single document and present that
information in a matrix that enables project
managers and other interested persons to easily
identify innovative technologies that may be
appropriate for their particular site remediation
needs. The matrix, which is limited to completed
demonstration projects and a small number of full-
scale cleanup efforts, does not address emerging
technologies or laboratory-scale projects.
MATRIX OF COMPLETED
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
The matrix is organized according to the media
treated: soil, sludge, and sediment projects or
groundwater projects. The demonstrations are
differentiated further by the following treatment
technology types: (1) ex situ biological, (2) in
situ biological, (3) ex situ physical or chemical,
(4) in situ physical or chemical, (5) ex situ
thermal, and (6) in situ thermal.
Demonstration Projects by Media
and Type of Treatment
Groundwater Physical/
Chemical 17%
Groundwater
Biological 4%
Soil Biological
17%
Soil
Thermal
24%
Soil Physical/
Chemical 38%
. Ex Situ Technologies (120)
Groundwater
Physical/Chemical
17%
Groundwater
Biological 9%
Soil Biological
20%
Soil
Thermal
14%
Soil Physical/
Chemical 40%
In Situ Technologies (139)
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Technology
Soil Vapor
Extraction
Biodcgradation
Stabilization/
Solidification
Soil Washing
Air Stripping
Biovcnting
Thermal
Dcsorption
Radio / Electric
Heating
Other Physical
Processes
Oxidation
Incineration
Precipitation /
Filtration
Solvent Extraction
Bioreactor
Other Biological
Processes
Thermal Enhanced
Extraction
Bioslurry
Vitrification
Other Thermal
Processes
Number of Projects
29 Soil
5 Groundwater
23 Soil
10 Groundwater
23 Soil
1 Groundwater
23 Soil
0 Groundwater
9 Soil
14 Groundwater
J3 Soil
3 Groundwater
14 Soil
0 Groundwater
13 Soil
0 Groundwater
10 Soil
2 Groundwater
0 Soil
12 Groundwater
10 Soil
0 Groundwater
2 Soil
8 Groundwater
5 Soil
2 Groundwater
4 Soil
2 Groundwater
4 Soil
2 Groundwater
6 Soil
0 Groundwater
4 Soil
0 Groundwater
3 Soil
0 Groundwater
3 Soil
0 Groundwaler
13%
13%
9%
9%
9%
6%
5%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
Contaminant
SVOC
Nonhalogenated
VOC
Nonhalogenated
VOC
Halogenated
Inorganics
SVOC
Halogenated
Explosives /
Propellants
Number of Projects
108 Soil
16 Groundwater
92 Soil
27 Groundwater
41 Soil
31 Groundwater
60 Soil
10 Groundwater
50 Soil
11 Groundwater
6 Soil
1 Groundwater
Each technology
demonstration listing
includes (1) the name
of the technology or
process; (2) the
type(s) of contami-
nant treated; (3) a
description of the site
activity; (4) the dem-
onstration date; (5)
the technical report
number; (6) the
project title; (7) the
name, address, and
telephone number of
the developer or ven-
dor of the technol-
ogy; (8) the name,
address, and tele-
phone number of the sponsor of the demonstration project; and (9) an
annotation indicating whether the vendor of the technology is listed in
EPA's Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies
(VISITT). The levels of detail included in the listings vary according to the
availability of information about the demonstration project.
An electronic, menu-driven version of the report currently is available
free of charge on EPA's CLU-IN bulletin board (http://clu-in.com).
The report is available free of charge to government employees and
nonprofit organizations through the National Center for Environmental
Publications and Information (NCEPI) at
(800) 490-9198; Fax Orders: (513) 489-8695.
For non-EPA parties, the report (#PB 96-153-127)
can be purchased for $21.50 from the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) at (703) 487-4650.
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